Trends in Language Acquisition Research

Editors

Shanley E.M. Allen | RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

Evan Kidd | The Australian National University

This book series is peer reviewed and indexed in: Book Citation Index (BCI )* ; Scopus

TiLAR publishes monographs, edited volumes and textbooks on theoretical and methodological issues in the field of child language research. The series focuses on all aspects of the scientific study of language behavior in children, linking different areas of research in linguistics, psychology and cognitive science. A special initiative of the series, TiLAR Language Overviews, provides state-of-the-art summaries of language acquisition research in individual languages and language families for researchers and practitioners.

For book proposals please contact one of the series editors: Shanley Allen: allen@sowi.uni-kl.de, Evan Kidd: evan.kidd@mpi.nl, or the publisher: kees.vaes@benjamins.nl

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ISSN: 1569-0644

https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar

Volumes

36	Acquisition of Korean: The state of the art Edited by Soonja Choi Expected August 2026. vii, 505 pp. + index
35	Usage-based Perspectives on Language and Language Acquisition: In honour of Heike Behrens Edited by Karin Madlener-Charpentier, Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Mirjam Weder and Annelies Häcki Buhofer Expected May 2026. xx, 347 pp. + index
34	Variation in Language Acquisition: Unity in diversity Edited by Laura Rosseel and Eline Zenner 2025. vi, 262 pp.
33	First Language Acquisition in Finno-Ugric Languages Edited by Minna Kirjavainen, Ágnes Lukács and Virve-Anneli Vihman 2025. vii, 349 pp.
32	Child L2 Writers: A room of their own Amparo Lázaro-Ibarrola 2023. xi, 236 pp.
31	Syntactic Priming in Language Acquisition: Representations, mechanisms and applications Edited by Katherine Messenger 2022. viii, 226 pp.
30	The Acquisition of Complex Morphology: Insights from Murrinhpatha William Forshaw 2021. xvi, 171 pp.
29	Language Impairment in Multilingual Settings: LITMUS in action across Europe Edited by Sharon Armon-Lotem and Kleanthes K. Grohmann 2021. vi, 333 pp.
28	The Acquisition of Referring Expressions: A dialogical approach Edited by Anne Salazar-Orvig, Geneviève de Weck, Rouba Hassan and Annie Rialland 2021. xix, 372 pp.
27	Current Perspectives on Child Language Acquisition: How children use their environment to learn Edited by Caroline F. Rowland, Anna L. Theakston, Ben Ambridge and Katherine E. Twomey 2020. ix, 330 pp.
26	The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking Edited by Alexandru Mardale and Silvina Montrul 2020. vi, 369 pp.
25	Understanding Deafness, Language and Cognitive Development: Essays in honour of Bencie Woll Edited by Gary Morgan 2020. xv, 214 pp.
24	Semantics in Language Acquisition Edited by Kristen Syrett and Sudha Arunachalam 2018. vi, 391 pp.
23	The Development of Prosody in First Language Acquisition Edited by Pilar Prieto and Núria Esteve-Gibert 2018. vi, 368 pp.
22	Sources of Variation in First Language Acquisition: Languages, contexts, and learners Edited by Maya Hickmann †, Edy Veneziano and Harriet Jisa 2018. x, 444 pp.
21	Social Environment and Cognition in Language Development: Studies in honor of Ayhan Aksu-Koç Edited by F. Nihan Ketrez, Aylin C. Küntay, Şeyda Özçalışkan and Aslı Özyürek 2017. xii, 242 pp.
20	The Acquisition of Turkish in Childhood Edited by Belma Haznedar and F. Nihan Ketrez 2016. viii, 416 pp.
19	Acquisition and Development of Hebrew: From infancy to adolescence Edited by Ruth A. Berman 2016. xvii, 404 pp.
18	Starting Over – The Language Development in Internationally-Adopted Children Edited by Fred Genesee and Audrey Delcenserie 2016. vii, 208 pp.
17	Linguistic Rhythm and Literacy Edited by Jenny Thomson and Linda Jarmulowicz 2016. xiv, 286 pp.
16	Trilingual Language Acquisition: Contextual factors influencing active trilingualism in early childhood Sarah Chevalier 2015. x, 225 pp.
15	The Acquisition of Reference Edited by Ludovica Serratrice and Shanley E.M. Allen 2015. vi, 339 pp.
14	The Acquisition of Inflection in Q’anjob’al Maya Pedro Mateo Pedro 2015. xiii, 144 pp.
13	Input and Experience in Bilingual Development Edited by Theres Grüter and Johanne Paradis 2014. ix, 204 pp.
12	Language in Interaction: Studies in honor of Eve V. Clark Edited by Inbal Arnon, Marisa Casillas, Chigusa Kurumada and Bruno Estigarribia 2014. xi, 358 pp.
11	Communication in Autism Edited by Joanne Arciuli and Jon Brock 2014. vi, 275 pp.
10	Pragmatic Development in First Language Acquisition Edited by Danielle Matthews 2014. vi, 394 pp.
9	The Acquisition of Ergativity Edited by Edith L. Bavin and Sabine Stoll 2013. v, 341 pp.
8	The Acquisition of Relative Clauses: Processing, typology and function Edited by Evan Kidd 2011. viii, 244 pp.
7	Experience, Variation and Generalization: Learning a first language Edited by Inbal Arnon and Eve V. Clark 2011. x, 300 pp.
6	Corpora in Language Acquisition Research: History, methods, perspectives Edited by Heike Behrens 2008. xxx, 234 pp.
5	Early Language Development: Bridging brain and behaviour Edited by Angela D. Friederici and Guillaume Thierry 2008. xiv, 263 pp.
4	Developmental Theory and Language Disorders Edited by Paul Fletcher and Jon F. Miller 2005. x, 217 pp.
3	Language Development across Childhood and Adolescence Edited by Ruth A. Berman 2004. xiv, 308 pp.
2	Directions in Sign Language Acquisition Edited by Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll 2002. xx, 339 pp.
1	Trends in Bilingual Acquisition Edited by Jasone Cenoz and Fred Genesee 2001. viii, 288 pp.